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Topic: oh, that fabulous insomnia (Read 6612 times)

Also, PennDOT update -- the experience could not have been more horrendous, and I provided live updates via facebook along with pictars.

First, it seems the cross town bus wasn't running on its normal route so I had to bag that option after waiting a half hour. Plus I'd put on these lovely high top sneakers and it was the first time wearing them with my new orthotics and it caused nasty skin to come off the back of my ankles within 10 minutes, so once I realized I was doomed on multiple levels I decided to go back home, change shoes, put on some Band-aids, and take the subway to the main downtown PennDOT location. Of course that meant I'd be dealing with the worst location of them all.

So I get there and it was, of course, packed full of the gutter dregs of humanity -- I mean just the most motley sorts, ever so offensive to my elitist sensibilities and elevated taste levels. I obtained my call number #C651 and found a chair next to the only cute homosexual (or possibly just metrosexual) boy there, though I fail to understand why someone would insist on wearing a knit beenie when the weather was above 75℉... and you know it was perched on his head just so. He was also working some odd frosted tips hair color effect -- nothing I'd ever select but he seemed to work it OK surprisingly. You can tell by the way he's standing that he's a Kinsey +14 amirite?

Once he left his chair it was taken by a woman too young to have children, and of course the two kids were constantly screaming. LOUD. Just horrible. I would have moved but it was so overcrowded people were standing for lack of available chairs.

And see the guy over by the white column -- think "Persian Mafia" type from Clueless.

My call ticket said "Estimated wait time: 1:36 minutes" -- which meant 1 hour and 36 minutes, not 1 minute and 36 seconds. Actual time ended up being THREE FUCKING HOURS. Seriously, even the DMV offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn were better than this. Incredible.

And worse, this state makes you renew your license every four years. I've never lived anywhere that did it that often. That's $29.50 each time -- highway robbery made worse because I don't own a car and drive a total of about six hours each year.

"I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else."

Even backasswards TN makes you renew every five years. You can renew by mail or online for $19.50. I just renewed this year from the comfort of my home. Of course God did get even when I dropped Comcast and had to return the cable boxes. Two fuckin' hours waiting in line. You liberal subway riding elite.

...Once he left his chair it was taken by a woman too young to have children, and of course the two kids were constantly screaming. LOUD. Just horrible. I would have moved but it was so overcrowded people were standing for lack of available chairs....

I'm surprised the woman didn't accuse you of being a pedophile for taking photos of her kids, knowing how parents react these days. Then again, she'd actually have to be paying attention to both you and her children to actually notice what you were doing.

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"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

Oh, and btw -- my new eyeglasses/prescription from last September is already out of whack according to the vision test I had yesterday at PennDOT, at least in my right eye. They didn't fail me though, but I guess it means I'll have to cough up more money to re-do the lenses this fall.

Once you get that PA. drivers license, I'm told the renewal can be done over the computer. Transferring the license plate from one state to PA. is a nightmare, especially if you have a loan on the car. Although I am glad I live in a small town, and my wait time for the drivers license wasn't much more then half an hour.

Michelle

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How to handle stress like a dog:If you can't eat it or play with it.....then pee on it and walk away

Oh, and btw -- my new eyeglasses/prescription from last September is already out of whack according to the vision test I had yesterday at PennDOT, at least in my right eye. They didn't fail me though, but I guess it means I'll have to cough up more money to re-do the lenses this fall.

You're blind and have a club foot. Maybe it's better if you don't get behind the wheel.

In Indiana, you have to take in multiple documents every time you renew your license. A birth certificate, SS card, and at least one piece of mail to confirm your address.

I'm dreading renewing my license last year, since the last name on my birth certificate is maiden. I'm probably going to have to go to the City/County building downtown South Bend to get a copy of either the marriage license or divorce doc. At least the wait time here is pretty good. Last time I had to get a title, registration, the wait was like 10 minutes. It used to be a few hours, but they've changed the system here.

What's really a nightmare is going to the local Social Security office. You're waiting at least an hour, then it depends on who you see for what you're told. No one is ever on the same page.

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I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.-Clarence Darrow

What's really a nightmare is going to the local Social Security office. You're waiting at least an hour, then it depends on who you see for what you're told. No one is ever on the same page.

I've only been to an actual SS office once -- the time I initially applied. And yes, it was bad plus it was the downtown Brooklyn office so imagine the crowds. I don't know if they do this elsewhere, but my application was coded to be expedited due to HIV so I actually didn't wait as long as I would have otherwise, plus when I applied I looked like a walking corpse so they basically just wanted me out of there.

I've only been to an actual SS office once -- the time I initially applied. And yes, it was bad plus it was the downtown Brooklyn office so imagine the crowds. I don't know if they do this elsewhere, but my application was coded to be expedited due to HIV so I actually didn't wait as long as I would have otherwise, plus when I applied I looked like a walking corpse so they basically just wanted me out of there.

Ive never been to the SS office . I offered to come in when I applied but they were quick to tell me it wasn't necessary LOL . Here in Alabama a little hacking and coughing on the phone with an aids diagnosis goes a long way to cut the red tape .

I've never been in a SSA office, and didn't have to go in and apply, the county health care services case worker did all of that for me, it took about 3 months before I got my award letter from SSDI but, I had to have that (SSA ICD-9 AIDS diagnosis code) before mine went thur a month prior....

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